Understanding The Presence Of Violence In The Lives Of The Queer

Abstract

India is a democratic country which vows to provide Right to Equality to all its citizens irrespective of caste, sex, race, colour, religion and place of birth as per the Constitution of India. However, even after attaining independence from British rule in the year 1947, India and her children are still fighting a battle to achieve their own rights to live in this country in peace.  Indian society was primarily divided into two parts  pre Independence - the higher castes and the shudras or the untouchables, with the Constitution of India being prepared by Dr. B. R Ambedkar untouchability was abolished constitutionally but in terms of ground reality they are still  considered untouchables and therefore they are marginalised as earlier. The lower caste individuals are not the only ones who face discrimination and marginalisation at the hands of the society, the queer community are equally mistreated as they are considered misfits in the heterosexual world. This discrimination at times leads to violence against homosexuals and it's a sad reality that this violence most of the time comes in the form of psychological and physiological  abuse from family members, peer groups and even from partners. In this paper I would be discussing the presence of violence in relationships with reference to two movies-  Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui and nagarkirtan